Band and fastening means therefor



Jan. l, 1935. J. w, STELE 1,986,649

BAND AND FASTENING MEANS THEREFOR Filed April 22, 1933 INVENTOR: Jai/1' fee/,

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` i shirtsintheir4 foldedzcondiunn arten-comp i of! the f nishingfA andE folding@` operations The `,present f invention frentes@ romand-'si and Patented Jan. l; "19,35

fastening means therefor,and-haslparticular: ref erenceztouthe bands: used'iferholding laundered n Accordingly itisfthebprincipalcbf of- .the

i invention:touprovidesan 'inexpensive aiidyeuel cient bandi securing'means` which requires? no positive fastening". means such as pins, staples,` etc; lllcut` 'which' utilizesi a 'frctional 1 holding .ac-

and` fastening nieansconstruction "wherein` the fastenngf means 'isfer'nbodiedr as quired frictional holdingrneans.

partiofalfthe bandi itself by stampingiit: out yto i or -"With1thefforegoingpgeneralibiect 1n view-, the invention Willi new "bejdes'criliedsin fdetalil by referenceitoi the accompanying' drawing illustrate` ingwhat l have foundl to besatisfactory methods i i of embodyingthe samefmsuitablelpracticalform;

` ^Figure lis ai perspective View ofi theffrontoi? pso ` deemed' to be novel .Willi be particularlyrfcrtli andclaime'df. f

tening means therefor;

\ ing-L' theL rear of the shirt andi tlie i fastened; ends take-upad'justmntinthe belt? t Figuresi and*tifare detailisectinal ews-frepi' resentiiig sectionsi y 6-"`-6;f'of1' Figfuresll andiii respectively;`

thereof;

after which. t'l'iose-` features anjdIcOmbinatiOns V111' the-drawing.: il

` alfiagmentary View oma scale showing tliefa'stenedends 'otheflband"" Figure@ is a Asimilar:Vieyvl'showing the position slight v p f: together, `hinge#fashiony against `theunder "face" di? takearonftuep1ine tisana' Figure@ 'risa man viewaf thepad illustrate i Figure "Tae-is `spectiive view ofi` the lan'd''in theprccess of connecting and fasteningftheiend's Figure 8"'isaplan.viewy oft`l,1'e:end` one; bandi utilizing a separate i fastening devicloperating oni` the'frictioriall holding principleg'f u eff f j Y-Figurel 9 isa detail'-sectiong-'repres'entmg aise tion1 taken on `tlielirie '9b-L91 in5 Figure? 8 and Figure l0 is a perspective viewioflitliexpartsf shown in Figure 8, illustratingythe rnethod of ap-` Referring now `to the drawingl in detail, `and more particularly to Figures Lto-7a, the `infliproved tongues .ii :pl-'ace uppnilthe i ni 'he resi portions being-mus provided pyv-itlfra;r pair ced lff "1' Vstruck-Qfr nr openings FT and w l ufiattaclied' gli#trailsVersei limsi-fsa V somewhat spatulate shaperiarrowihg to attached endsff"` girlieother vendportiera which is desig placed."

v V j-rhe endipontionsjfofftheibanu are suitably puncliedfftof fermftlieicdeperatiye fric'tionalfjattaching elementsg"foneoff said en'd over1apping `reiatibnrum ne ngi ai eiiguerer sauce mit theirf narrower f attachedendsiai'e ai Ftriei longer "farine purpose of a. slight adjustment man@ fas terrine* "operation ashereinaftelt explained Intapplyingfthe band toiaf'shiift1`4, -theope wrapsfitabout the foidedishirtgpreferati stantialregisterwithtlie j'torigu'esil The operator@ tlflenl simultaneously pressesftll 'pairs off tongueslinwardfso "as ftd bend-themfbanlis 'I-husi the folded pos'tioni o't? thef tongues," in! en@ gagement with each.'theiieandsozheldlibyl confined betweeitheband and the; servesA tolationandffby. a: fretional action, Withbut the need of any pins, ing devices" The tongues i "a'sr `shown i renders thef tasteningfl more"q SeCuraCWithOutAmaRing:itappreciaiilyfmorefccmki plicated for theoper-ator; .whoean-manpulate the* twoA pairsl ofi tongues with the same "facilityias 'ai si'ngle-I'iair,` andthislal'so serveshtoalinetl'i'eil d? endsinLaproperl manner; i if Morecvertlie-provisioniot the double tongue arwf raingementwdivideszthe' teaming! pulir on 'straini uponi `the two attaching points represented by the straightsides of the openings 1'?, and it will also i -noidtneendszofthe banamseeureiyvfastenedife;

staples orothenpositive-'faste provision 'ofthe' double `-p'ai' f tion is illustrated be noted that, these being the narrowest sides of said openings, the bands are weakened as little` as possible at these attaching points. Another advantage of this feature as regards the form of the tongues and their openings is that after-the bending of the tongues is once started in the fastening operation, the spatulate form of the tongues, combined with the similar outline of the openings, promotes the certainty of the operation, by virtue-of the'converging character ,of-jthe sides of saidopeningsi. and. likewise .tends to. prevent any casual vdetachment of the tong-ues from the openings which would obviously require the larger portions of the tongues tobepulled throughdthe narrower ends of the openings.-' f v -ff if" Since a certain standard sizeofshirt boardzo is used in the shirt folding operation, a'standard length of band 12 is possible; as-Wellf-as pattern for the punching of the tongues and openings with relation to the ends of the bands. However, since variationin the sizes of the shirts as well as in the weightV of the fabrics of which they are made will producefsome variation in the girth of the folded shirt, this compensated.l forV in the present` improvements, Aasmalri-zady indicated, I by punching,V the tongues .andopenngs so as tov-practically register ,for accommodating a shirtof average girth, as illustrated in Fguresvand but making the narrower attached ends of the tongues 15 taking up or letting outof'the bandwhen applied to a shirt requfringsuch anadjustment, Vas illustrated in Figures 4 and 6. q ,y g H A modified form of construction-,for effecting the-frictional fholding or fastening, function in'iaccordance with the principle-of thevpresent invenin Fgures; t0;10., v In thisgin- Stancewinstead .of the openings: andtongues, I ,use e, plain band 12? vs lith` one of itsendslZfgslightly tapered, and proi-r videjaseparateielement for retainingthe ends of thebandvin.frictionaljholding engagement. This f comprises aclip,device,22 which may befstamped .means-'off a -frictional holding character similar to l from any suitable.; material, suchv as cardboard, to formapair ofspaced tongues or fingers23, one of which,isgstruclcout-,fromanopening 24 providing aneye thrcughwhich the tapered end 12" ofthe bandmay -be threaded.;-` --In the'use of this device, after theends ofthe band12 are'brought inta-overlappingrelationllas, illustrated in Figure 10, the device isforkedlover said" ends ,withthe ngers23between `the band and shirt. Then ,the band ends arejbent in .oppositedirectiona one of themarounditheinger 23 Awhich is struck from lation lby-pits-,.pos ition .between the bandgand shirt, and @the otherzbandfend 125. f being bent around thatpartof the-device.' which forms the frame of the; opening-24fandi-thereaftfer threaded through saidopeningfas.'illustrated'in AFigures 8 andp9. yIt isthusaapparentfthat this ,provides av fastening n J that attained bytheY use of theconstruction illustratediin Figures-Lto '7., r f

j .r'rem the-foregoing 1min be seen that an ein-- f cient; and. yetgcomparatively. simple and inexpen-y sive;construction is provided forf carrying out the desired `Iobjects .of .theinvention Y All need 'of pins or lik fastening means,oristapling devices,.is eliminated,` as Awell as the. .labor'involved -in their use, and at the same time the improved construction provides avv sufficiently secure fastening jaction for kal1.practical purposesfor which it des and 16y sufficiently long tol provide for a slight ,lllnching the band to'proyide signed. The use of pins or similar fastening means hasl for a considerable time been recognized, by laundry people, manufacturers, merchants and others having anything to do with the fastening of shirts or other articles in the finishing and folding of the same, as having many disadvantages both as regards their own operations and also in the annoyance of their patrons in having to fuss with suchtypes of fastenings, so many. of which are encountered not onlycin the folds of `the shirt for holding them place but also in the band around the shirt. It is therefore @toghe noted that the present improvements are A r'parti culavrly useful in the direction of overcomling these disadvantages, and further that by ggwrapping the r`band around the shirt high enough toy engage the collarv points it is possible to dispense withf so lmany other fastening pins (as are commonly used) for holding the folds of the shirt in place. i While I have herein illustrated vand. described what I now consider :the preferred methods of. practicing the invention, I desire to be understood asi reserving the right to make such changes .and modifications as may fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope ofthe appended claims. 1.

Havingpthus` described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure. by Letters Patent,'is:; .f i"

l. A band and fastening `means therefor cornprising, a'eXible band having end portions overlappingand provided .with anchoring means for bent portions of said endportions and having. at

leastone ofsaid bent portions in frictional bindf object to which the n ing engagement kwith the band is applied. 1 2. A-band and fastening means thereforc'omprising, a flexible band having overlappingend portions each provided with a tongue-shaped opening and a correspondingly shaped tongue therein, said openings registering with the overi lapping'of the end portions and said tongues being bendable together out of said openings into engagement with the inner face of the band, and the Shanks or attached ends of said tongues being elongated. sufficiently to permit relative adjustment ofthe ends of the band the tongues.l

.53. A band and fastening means therefor comprising, a flexible handhaving overlapping end portions, one of said end portions having a pair of spaced openings oftongue-shaped outline and correspondingly shaped tongues therein, the other end portion being provided with` a pair vof tongues spaced for registering with said openings and projectible therethrough for bending in unison with said first tongues into position for frictional yretaining engagement between the band and the object' to which itis applied, and the shanksgor attached ends of said tongues being ment of the ends of the band prior to bending of the tongues. Y

4. A band and fastening construction, compris- JAMES WARREN STEELE.

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elongated sufliciently to permit relative adjust-- opening for one of prior to bending vof l 

